Window shade housing



June 6, 1939. c. scHwARzENBAcH Er AL WINDOW SHADE HOUSING Filed Oct. 19,1936 Patented June 6, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WINDOW SHADEHOUSING Clarence Schwarzenbach and Harry Demmitt, Catonsville, Md.

Application October 19, 1936, Serial No. 106,430 1 Claim. (01156-10) Theinvention relates to an enclosed window of conventional kind and in thetop or head of shade holder and more especially to a Window this frameas is usual one or several window shade housing. shades B are hung foruse, in this instance there The primary objects of the invention is thebeing two shades and their rollers II) are jourprovision of a structureof this kind, wherein one naled in hangers ears II, these being provided5 or several window shades can be incased so as with the circular andrectangular shaped holes to protect the same from dust, dirt and lightwhen I2 and I3, respectively, for accommodation of not in use, thestructure being of novel form to the trunnions of the respective rollersin the effect a holder for the shade or shades and the mounting thereof,the trunnionsbeing notl shown.'

l0 latter can be readily adjusted at will when the These ears Il are cutand bent from opposite lo structure is fixed to a window frame. Y endsof` a two-part backing unit, the parts being Another object of theinvention is the provithe sections I4 and I5, respectively, slidablyintersion of a structure ofthis kind, wherein a shade tted with eachother for a housing adapted tol or shades when hung upon a Window framewill enclose the shadesB and constituting the present be concealed fromView when not in use, that is invention, 15 to say, When the shade orshades is completely The sections I4 and I5 of the backing for therolled upon its roller or rollers and at the same housing at oppositelonger edges are formed with time protection is aiorded thereto againstlight outwardly and inwardly curled flanges I6, the and dirt or dust.ilanges on the section I5 beingslidably engaged A further object of theinvention is the proby the flanges I6 on the section I4 and in this 20vision of a structure of this kind, which is simple mannerboth sectionsI4 and I5 are telescopically in its make-up, thoroughly reliable andefficient slidably intertted with each other. Suitable in operation,enabling the window shades to be holes orv openings Il are provided inthe sections hung upon a window frame in aconvenient inan- I4 and I5 forthe reception of screws or other ner for use, protecting the shade whennot in fasteners I8 to fix these sections I4 and I5 to the 25 use, neatin appearance, durable, and inexpenwindow frame A when the said sectionshave been sive to manufacture. adjusted relative to each other for thehanging With these and other objects in View, the inof the shades B. uvent-ion consists in the features of construction, The rectangular holesI3 are formed by diagcombination and arrangement of parts as will onallycutting into the ear II and bending the 30 be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated resultant ear portions I9 inwardly and laterally,in the accompanying drawing, which discloses as is shown in Figure '7 ofthe drawing, thereby the preferred embodiment of the invention randmaterially reinforcing the edges of the holes I3. pointed out in theclaim hereunto appended. Adapted to be separably iitted with the sec- Inthe accompanying drawing: tions I4 and l5 constituting the backing unitfor 35 Figure l is a fragmentary elevation of a winthe housing is asectional front unit including dow frame showing the structure made upin the outwardly curved sections 20 and 2|, respecaccordance with theinvention applied thereto. tively, these being slidably interiitted witheach Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional other by theinterlocking flanges 22 and 23, re-

40 view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. spectively,A bent from the longeredges of said 40 Figure 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 ofsections so that the front of the housing can be Figure 1. extended orcontracted correspondingly to the Figure 4 is a perspective view of anextensible expanding or contracting o1" the back including guide for usein the structure. the sections I4 and I5. The anges 22 and 23 at Figure5 is a perspective View of the extensible the uppermost DOIOIIS 0f SaidSections 20 and 45 back for the structure. 2| when intertted with eachother are adapted Figure 6 is a perspective View of the extensible toengage the iianges I6 on the sections I4 and front for the structure. i5of the back at the uppermost edges of said Figure 7 is a fragmentaryelevation looking sections I4 and I5 and when this has been done towardthe inner face of one of the hanger ears. the shades B will be incasedor enclosed by the 50 Similar reference characters indicate correhousingto be concealed when not in use and spending parts throughout theseveral views in wound on their rollers I0. the drawing. l The ears I Iare provided with inwardly curled Referring to the drawing in detail, Adesignates edge beading 24 which separably accommodate generally aportion of a Window frame which is out-turned edges 25 formed attheouter ends of 55 the sections 20 and 2| of the front and in thismanner the front and back units of the housing will be latched together.

The sections 2Il and 2| of the front unit at the lowermost interttedflanges 22 and 23 thereon are removed from the sections I4 and I5 at thelowermost flanges I6 thereon to provide a bottom opening or slot 26 insaid housing while engaged with the ears I| through terminal tongues 2fitting slits 28 in said ears |I are the slidably interfitted sections29 and 30,

respectively, forming a guide, this occupying the` slot 26 to presentindependent Ways 3| in spaced parallel relation to each other for therespective shades B on winding and unwinding of the same on and fromtheir rollers I when adjustingy said.

shades. The sections 29 and 30 at their longer edges are rounded orinwardly curled at 32y to avoid damage to the shades B when. workingthrough the ways 3| on adjustment of the shades when hung at the windowA.

The housing as before described and shown in the drawing will affordprotection to theY shades B particularly when the same are wound upontheir rollers Ill for preventing the accumulation of dust or dirtthereon as well as shielding the same from light when not in use.

The front and back units of the housing are extensible so that saidhousing can be adjusted for the fitting thereof to the Window frame Aaccording to the width thereof and will incase the shades B which willbe concealed therein and the usual brackets for the hanging of theshades are eliminated in that the rollers II]y of the shades arejournaled in the ears I at the outer ends of the backing unit of thehousing. In the fitting of the housing to a Window frame at the headthereof, the front and back units are now disassembled from each otherand the backing unit including the sections |4 and I5 is made fast tothe window frame by engaging fasteners in the holes |'I in the sectionsI4 and I5 which are telescopically intertted with each other, theseprior to the fastening thereof are adjusted with relation` to each otherto accommodate the window shade rollers, that is to say, the section Iis rst made faston the frame and the section I4 is adjusted according tothe length of the said shade rollers and thereafter made fast to thewindow frame. 'I'he shade rollers are then engaged in the holes 2 and I3in the ears I I so that said shade rollers are journaled in the backingunit. These ears will yield sufliciently for the engagement of the shaderollers in the holes I2 and I3, Thereafter the intertted sections 29 and30 are adjusted so that the tongues 2'I will fit in the slits 28 in theears I I and in this manner the guide is properly placed and interttedwith the backing unit. Thereafter, the front unit, including thesections and 2|, which are telescopically interfitted with each other,is engaged. with the backing unit, this being eiected by the engagementof the out-turned edges in the inwardly curled edge beading 24 of theears Il While the flanges 22 and 23 are intertted with the flanges I6 ofthe sections I4 and I5 of the backing unit whereupon the housing in itsassembly has been completed.

What is claimed is:

In a window shade housing, a two-part backing unit, a two-part frontunit, the two parts of the backing unit and front unit beingtelescopically intertted with each other respectively, outturned earsformed at the outer endsof the two parts of the backing unit and havingholes for journaling of a pair of window shade rollers therein,out-turned edges at the outer ends of the two parts of the front unit,curled headings formed from saidv ears and directed inwardly.I

of the backing unit for separably receiving the out-turned edges of theparts of the front unit, means formed at the uppermost edges of thefront and back units for separable intertting with each other throughoutsaid edges, the lower most edge of the front unit being removed a.uniform distance throughout the extent thereof from the lower edge ofthe backing unit, and an4 extensible guide arranged between thelowermost edges of the backing and front units and. separably fittingthe ears of the backing unit for effecting separated guideways for theshades of the two shade rollers, respectively, held between said units.

CLARENCE SCHWARZENBACH.

HARRY DEMMITT.

